Asymmetric effects of online consumer reviews

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-83

  Park, Sangwon ^a   Nicolau, Juan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical effects; Count model; Heuristics; Online review

Indexed keywords

HEURISTICS; INTERNET; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913553964     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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